Syrette wrote:
Thinking about it, it'd be nice if Benteke gave Villa at least one more season. He's certainly got age on his side. I can't see him having a nightmare second season with Villa so I'm sure he'd be allowed to leave next Summer if he feels Villa don't match his ambitions.

The only solid link I've heard/read about is the Dortmund one. Otherwise Benteke has been "quoted" as saying he's happy to stay at Villa for the time being and also he's been "quoted" as saying something about not being stuck at a club or some such. So it's all just talk at the moment. I kind of hope he signs a new contract publicly soon so that it stops all the media bullshit.

It is weird isn't it. There's a carousel of 50 year old blokes with a 30% win record.

We've had ten to fifteen years of thinking that if you have no money your options are Allardyce percentage football or relegation, but recently we've had a few rays of light in the form of Swansea and the Argentine lad at Southampton to name a couple that indicate with tactics you can have a bit of culture.

bitch_tits_zero_nine wrote:
It is weird isn't it. There's a carousel of 50 year old blokes with a 30% win record.

We've had ten to fifteen years of thinking that if you have no money your options are Allardyce percentage football or relegation, but recently we've had a few rays of light in the form of Swansea and the Argentine lad at Southampton to name a couple that indicate with tactics you can have a bit of culture.

Adkins, Poyet and a few other Championship managers who also know how to play football, could be worth a punt. Obviously seen as too bigger risk though.

Williams's book reviewing last season got a great review in WSC. Perhaps there's a perception in some parts that, if a player sounds like he knows what he's talking about off the pitch, that must translate to his performance on it. He's a liability.